essence.typepad.com - 12/13/2008
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No one with President-elect Barack Obama's transition team has identified his close friend and adviser Valerie Jarrett as Senate candidate #1, as mentioned in the criminal complaint against Gov. Rod Blagojevich, but it's clear that she is the person often...
blogs.wsj.com - 12/15/2008
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Cam Simpson reports on the Rod Blagojevich case
in Chicago. Conventional wisdom holds that U.S. Attorney Patrick...
Fitzgerald ordered the FBI to arrest Rod Blagojevich before sunrise Tuesday in order to stop a crime from being committed. That ...
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The Real Story Behind the Rushed Blagojevich Bust: How ...
chicagotribune.com - 12/13/2008
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By Bob Secter Rahm Emanuel , President-elect Barack
Obama 's pick to be White House chief of...
staff, had conversations with Gov. Rod Blagojevich 's administration about who would replace Obama in the U.S. Senate, the Tribune has learned. The ...
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Rahm Emanuel talked with governor's office about who ...
chicagotribune.com - 12/12/2008
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As Gov. Rod Blagojevich was trying to pick
Illinois' next U.S. senator, businessmen with ties to both...
the governor and U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. discussed raising at least $1 million for Blagojevich's campaign as a way to encourage him to pick ...
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Blagojevich fundraiser held by Jackson allies Saturday -
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Talking Points Memo —
... Roland Martin says Valerie Jarrett's decision to drop out of contention for Obama's senate seat had nothing to do with Blagojevich's scheming. ...
Martin explains Jarrett's decision
Ben Smith's Blog —
... Roland Martin, who has some good sources, adds useful detail that seems to put to rest the notion that Valerie Jarrett knew about Blago's maneuvering and dropped out of the running for Senate as a result. ...
Behind Jarrett's Decision Not to Seek Senate
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
Roland Martin says the assumption by many that Valerie Jarrett "mysteriously" dropped out
of contention for the U.S. Senate seat in Illinois -- "and I've even heard some suggest that
the Obama team got wind of Blagojevich's alleged scheme to broker a
deal for the seat appointment" -- is actually not mysterious at all. ...
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FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog —
... list of candidates he thought should fill his seat. The news broke last night:
Barack Obama, the next President of the United States, just wagged his finger into the camera and said “I had no conversations with that Governor, Blagojevich, on the candidates for my senate seat’. Of course sending the list of candidates through Emmanual doesn’t somehow count as ‘conversation
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Indeed Obama was disingenuous about his statements and Rahm Emanuel is nothing but a bag man.
The back story of Valerie Jarrett, Illinois U.S. Senate Seat and the White House
No one with ...
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The back story of Valerie Jarrett, Illinois U.S. Senate Seat and the White House
No one with President-elect Barack Obama's transition team has identified his close ...
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